Machines like me : a novel
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Grand Canyon Community Library - Fiction
S-F MCEWAN, IAN
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333 pages ; 22 cm
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"Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong, and clever--a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McEwan, I. (2019). Machines like me: a novel (First American edition.). Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McEwan, Ian. 2019. Machines Like Me: A Novel. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McEwan, Ian. Machines Like Me: A Novel Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McEwan, Ian. Machines Like Me: A Novel First American edition., Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2019.

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